Where is a church or other place of worship allowed in Redwood City?

Find your lot's zone on the city zoning map, then read its row. Every status below was read from the Redwood City Municipal Code use tables (read October 2026). Base zones only. General information, not legal advice — check with the city before you apply.

Redwood City's code calls this use “Assembly and Meeting Facility”. Each row links to the use table it comes from. A zone marked “see note” has a condition in the code, for example upper floors only or a larger lot.

The code defines “Assembly And Meeting Facility”: “A facility or facilities for public or private assembly and meetings that include kitchens, multi-purpose rooms, offices, etc. Examples include places of worship, banquet rooms, auditoriums, community centers, conference facilities and meeting halls,” (§ 2.2)

• Definition of 'Assembly and Meeting Facility' (Article 2) not in packet. PO/CB/CG/IR lists have 'private clubs, lodges' or 'social halls, clubs and lodges', not religious assembly.
• State law: Federal law (RLUIPA) bars zoning rules that treat religious assembly worse than other assembly uses.
• Not covered here: Zones whose article is not in the packet (any specific plan, Downtown/other overlay districts); the packet holds Articles 4-6, 8-11, 13-20, 22-24, 28, 53-55, 57 only; Article 2 definitions (Assembly and Meeting Facility, School, Animal-Related Uses, General vs Small residential care facility) not in packet; Article 39 (child care), Sections 31.2, 31.4, 31.5 not in packet. Overlay zones and specific plans can also change the answer.

• Duplex
• Bed and breakfast
• Kennel
• Emergency shelter